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By Jeremy Herb and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias as he opened a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday. “I am not the president’s lawyer,” Garland said in his opening statement. “I will also add
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland clashed Wednesday at a testy hearing that offered a preview of the coming Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden focused on allegations surrounding his son, Hunter Biden. Judiciary Committee Republicans peppered Garland with questions about the Justice Department investigation into
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. Their protest service on Wednesday night was triggered by Cologne church officials’ criticism of a priest from the town of Mettmann near
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It’s been exactly one month since Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Southern California, bringing record rainfall and devastating flooding to the Coachella Valley. Communities from Desert Hot Springs to Mecca and Thermal all experienced severe weather and the aftermath that followed, which varied from neighborhood to neighborhood. Residents in the Panorama neighborhood of Cathedral
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will pay more than $340,000 to compensate a man who spent five years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murder and assault. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore apologized to Demetrius Smith Wednesday at a meeting of the state board that approved the settlement. Smith was
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year. The latest report from the international fact-finding mission authorized by the U.N. Human
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All. The group says the rebrand better reflects how people think about abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure last year. The group said Wednesday that Reproductive Freedom
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get. In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided staring each other down at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Zelenskyy left before Lavrov arrived. The near-miss
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Nearly every Senate Republican signed a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday asking him to continue enforcing the Senate’s previous, more formal unwritten dress code. Axios reported earlier this week that Schumer recently asked the Senate sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster CNN Paris (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Paris on Wednesday, marking the start of a three-day state visit intended to highlight the close ties between France and the United Kingdom. French President Emmanuel Macron will honor the British sovereign and his wife with a
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Las altas temperaturas que vienen registrándose desde hace algunos meses en diferentes países se sienten también en los océanos. La Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y el Espacio (NASA, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó a comienzos de este mes en su página web un artículo titulado “El océano tiene fiebre”,
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — ¿El Sr. Monopoly usa monóculo? ¿Hay una raya negra en la cola de Pikachu? ¿Y la fruta en el logotipo de Fruit of the Loom surge de una cornucopia? Si respondiste afirmativamente a alguna de estas preguntas, lo siento, estás equivocado. Pero es posible que también estés experimentando el llamado efecto
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — New court documents show Oscar Pistorius was eligible for parole in March under South African law. The double-amputee Olympic runner may have been wrongly denied early release from prison due to an error by a court over when he began serving his sentence for
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — A high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official has disputed claims by a whistleblower whose allegations about political interference into the Hunter Biden tax investigation are central to House Republican impeachment inquiries against President Joe Biden. In closed-door testimony obtained by CNN, IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdorf told
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. In papers
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. In papers
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A trial is opening soon against two police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with a powerful sedative while walking home in a Denver suburb. His death later became a rallying cry
Continue ReadingBAGLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman was rescued from an outhouse toilet in northern Michigan while trying to retrieve her Apple Watch. State police say Wednesday that the woman lowered herself inside the toilet after dropping the watch at the Department of Natural Resources boat launch at Dixon Lake in Otsego County’s Bagley Township.
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